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SAMPE Conference & Exhibition
Student Bridge Contest 

Innovate. Collaborate. Be recognized.

The student bridge contest allows students to design, build, and test a miniature structural bridge using various composite materials in accordance with a set of well defined rules. This is an international competition involving schools from around the globe. Students compete for monetary prizes and for the coveted SAMPE Student Bridge Champion trophy.​​​​​

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Objective

Design and build a composites bridge using an assortment of pultrusions, cores, fabrics and other materials supplied in kit form.

Benefits of Participation

  • Put your composites training into action

  • Represent your college or university 

  • Add your participation and potential win on your resume 

Requirements

Important Deadlines

The SAMPE 2026 Student Bridge Contest dates and deadlines will be announced soon. ​

Sponsor or Donate

Give back to the student engineering community with a material or monetary donations. Donor participation is essential to the success of this event. A complete list of acceptable materials and sponsorship levels are detailed in the sponsor letter. 

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2025 Bridge Contest Winners

Overall

First  Place

University of Washington

Second Place​

Universidade FEI, Brazil

Third Place​

University of Southern California

A

First  Place

Daniel Uhm

University of Washington

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Second Place​

Christopher Marquez

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Third Place​

Jack Bride

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

B

First  Place

Rodrigo Bernardo de Lara Dante

Universidade FEI, Brazil

Second Place​

Ethan Huang

University of Washington

Third Place​

Hayate Sugiyama

Nihon University

C

First  Place

Rowan Preedy

University of Washington

Second Place​

Zirui Guo

The University of Tokyo

Third Place​

Elsie Femina Koilraj

University of Southern California

D

First  Place

Erika Lee

University of Washington

Second Place​

Laura Freitas

Universidade FEI, Brazil

Third Place​

Mehmet Burak Bozgac

University of Tennessee

E

First  Place

Guilherme Alves

Universidade FEI, Brazil​

Second Place​

Ella Ramos-O'Neill

University of Washington

Third Place​

Chih-Fan Lu

University of Southern California

F

First  Place

Yesenia Magallanes

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Second Place​

Ana Julia Trizzi

Universidade FEI, Brazil

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Third Place​

Phoebe Bowers

University of Washington

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G

First  Place

Jimmy Shao

University of Southern California

Second Place​

Shunsuke Sakai

Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Third Place​

Shane Roberts

University of Southern California

H

First  Place

Macario Foster

Western Washington University​

Second Place​

 Vijeya Velan Sambandan Satheesh

University of Southern California

Third Place​

 Wenzhuo Pan

University of Southern California

Posters

First  Place

Chinmay Mungale

University of Tennessee

Second Place​

Albert Lin

University of Washington​​

Third Place​

Asim Shahzad

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Contest Sponsors

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